Laudes Domini ‎#242

242. Invocation

1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove!
With all thy quickening powers,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look! how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys!
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs;
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate--
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove!
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove!
• Title: Invocation
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Psalm 127:1
• Topic: The Holy Spirit

Tune Information

• Name: STEPHENS
• Composer: W. Jones
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major or modal